Nature is bountiful

I was bereft.

Yes I was.

No more cookies, no more cakes, no more dairy, no more chocolate....

Believe you me I resisted, I stamped my feet and I fought.

When I've followed other diets the goal at the other end has always been to be able to eat 'normally' again.  Yet, somehow manage my weight along with my favourite products.

Pray to stay thin, pray to be well.

No, no, no...

Well I wanted to cook.  I enjoy the cooking process but when I started the paleo diet - well - it would be just for a while, just while I lost weight.    Cooking the way food as I knew it  (standard UK diet) well that's not exactly paleo is it? 

Life was about to change, so yes I was bereft.  I felt limited by my future paleo foods, and I was scared to be bored. 

But I've gone through a gradual process of realisation - that I could *never* really go backwards.. and *shock* I enjoy my new way of life.

As it happens I've never been in the kitchen more.  Believe you me, I am enjoying my food so, so much more than before. You can't really overeat on this diet. This is a totally safe arena for me to play in. 

I've been dabbling in another way of eating and style of food preperation and eating that works well alongside my paleo diet.  Now, I'm not going to come out about that yet but it's a foodie wonderland and boy am I having fun playing.

The fun has only just begun...

~ nature is bountiful ~

Comments

[Jj]

The paleo diet is an amazing diet and so healthy. Good luck with it! Sounds like you're off to a great start!